Namaste Indian Restaurant

Chudasma said he is also making changes to the restaurant’s menu. Namaste specializes in northern Indian cuisine, but he is beginning to add more variety to his dishes. In August, he hired a chef who specializes in southern Indian cooking so the restaurant can serve menu items that showcase cuisine from that region.

“Ninety percent of the items are north Indian,” he said. “But I am introducing southern Indian specialties.”

While northern Indian foods, such as tandoori sizzlers and curry dishes have always been on the menu, Namaste now offers southern Indian foods, such as dosa, vada and idli sambar.

Chudasma said he is also adding thali to the menu—a dining option that includes several different items in one serving.

“It includes seven, eight [or] nine items that we would serve in India,” he said.